Flappy Bird creator Dong Nguyen is reportedly planning on re-releasing his controversial mobile hit this August. Nguyen revealed in March that he was planning a re-release with some improvements, but now CNBC is reporting a multiplayer component will be added. "Flappy Bird’s Dong Nguyen: Flappy Bird is coming back. Multiplayer. …
Read More »‘It was the hardest time we’ve ever gone through’: How Fishlabs came back from the brink
Executive producer Michael Krach tells us how the developer survived financial meltdown and what's changed since Koch Media's acquisition
Read More »Digital games success drives numbers up at Sega
Sega has reported a 102 per cent increase in operating income to 38.53bn for the year ending March 31st. Net sales climbed 17.6 per cent to 378bn thanks in part to the launch of titles such as top performer Total War: Rome 2 (1.13m units), Football Manager 2014 (790k), Sonic …
Read More »China’s mobile market on pace to surpass US in size – report
China’s mobile gaming market is nearing the same size as America’s market and growing at a significantly faster rate, a new report from research firm Superdata has revealed. Games Industry highlights Superdata’s research, which projects Chinese mobile gaming will bring in $3bn in revenue this year – the US is …
Read More »ME Awards 2014 adds brand new categories
Event returns for its ninth year on Thusday, November 13th
Read More »Leo’s Fortune tops UK App Store Charts
Mobile platformer Leo’s Fortune has made it to the top of both the iPad and iPhone UK charts. This is the game’s first week at No.1 – when it launched last week it made it to No.2. The title was met with critical acclaim when it was released on April …
Read More »Space Ape’s Samurai Siege averaging $2m a month on mobile
Strategy title downloaded more than 5.5 million times to date
Read More »Respawn’s Zampella founds mobile studio Nuclear Division
Respawn co-founder Vince Zampella has formed a new studio that will will focus on developing games for smartphones and tablets. Nuclear Division is a joint venture between Zampella – who plans to remain on full-time at Respawn – and Larry Pacey of WMS gaming. Speaking with Venture Beat, Zampella explained …
Read More »Respawn founder Vince Zampella forms new mobile studio
Nuclear Division developing games and tech
Read More »Making the jump from Facebook to tablet
Gamesys discusses how and why it's entering the mobile social gaming space with Here Be Monsters
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